Ah the memories, often associated in my mind with dial up internet.
I cannot remember Windows 3.1 but I certainly can remember Windows 95, which had a semi manual system for defragging your computer. I suppose I used to do it every few months, and with another system check, which I no longer remember. What is defragging? The proper word would be defragmentation, so it is correcting when everything is fragmented. It pulls together bits and pieces on your hard drive into a more orderly manner, hopefully to improve your computer's performance.
I think we moved on to Windows 98 but certainly not Windows ME, which was and is known to be less stable than previous versions of Windows. The next was Windows XP and then Windows 10, which is what I am now using and have for a very long time.
I am being nagged by Microsoft to upgrade to Windows 11, and I guess I will have to bite the bullet at some point and change over.
Now defragging happens automatically and you don't know what your computer is doing in the background, as it looks after itself.
Here is a nice clip of what you saw when you were defragging back in the 90s. I used to find it quite mesmerising and strangely relaxing.
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Ah yes, I remember the defrag - had to do it often! I started work just prior to Windows 3.1 - so have seen all permutations. Windows 11 isn't that scary.
ReplyDeleteI remember this process! My husband worked in IT for decades and keeps my machine running on Windows 10 while it looks like an earlier version (7?) for my ease of use. Lately he successfully stripped away unwanted elements of 11 and still considers switching to a Linux Mint operating system.
ReplyDeleteThe tech speak goes over my head, of course. Today he rattled off something and I, looking thoughtful, replied, "I know that guy."
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Those Cinderella potatoes are yummy and I plan to eat one later this evening. :) Be well!
Our first computer was an Amstrad…. Worst buy ever , A year or so later Apple 1992 ..have been an Appler ever since. Easy peasy
ReplyDeleteHad to use a Microsoft one for work but by then they had sorted themselves out or perhaps made them more understandable .I am grateful that I was early adopter of computers and technology .
Remember the sound of the dial up? It makes me stop to think about what other sounds no longer apply to our world. The sound of a coffee percolator. The television test pattern when the station went off the air.
ReplyDeleteI miss defragging, I enjoyed watching the process. I know, I'm weird.
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